ASUU: Universities To Receive N220bn From FG Within One Month

University lecturers are close to calling off their one-month-old ASUU strike after reaching a fresh agreement with the Federal Government on their demands.

Top of the agreement reached at a 15-hour meeting that ended early yesterday in Abuja,is the immediate release,by government, of N220 billion to the universities to fund the revitalization of federal universities in the country.

The sum is expected to be paid not later than next month.The Nation reports.

The money is to enable the institutions buy working tools needed for effective discharge of their responsibilities.